Have a BCD996P2 or XT and want to add GPS capability, but don’t want to pay $70 for a Garmin puck? Neither did I. Instead I got a cheaper GPS puck and spliced the right connectors on to get the job done. Most of the info I found online for Uniden GPS wiring concerned the… Read More »

I’ve been working on a homebrew portable GMRS repeater for deep-desert adventures with a friend off and on for a while now. The project will get a post of its own one of these days (read: if I ever get the controller to work), but I thought I’d share some useful info around the radios… Read More »

The advent of inexpensive Bluetooth- and serial-based TNCs make a compelling case for present-day hams to get into packet radio and APRS. The Mobilinkd Bluetooth TNC in particular presents an attractive proposition: a little $65 box, a $30 Baofeng radio and that old Android phone sitting in your desk drawer is all the hardware you need to… Read More »

After getting comfortable cutting holes in vehicles this year with all the van modifications, it was finally time to do my semi-stealth ham radio install in my 2008 Prius (Gen II). To preserve the look of the car, I replaced the stock AM/FM antenna with a shark fin antenna and installed an NMO mount directly… Read More »

I’ve been swimming in circuit diagrams for the past week, but I’m happy to say the mixer is progressing along nicely. At this stage I have on breadboard and working a line input stage, a headphone amplifier, and as of this afternoon the isolator EQ! Line inputs and headphone amplifiers are pretty standard circuits and… Read More »

Going on four years ago, I bought a used Allen & Heath Xone:32 mixer off Craigslist from some very hip-looking guys in a loft right where the 10 meets the 5 east of downtown LA. While in my possession it’s seen and powered through all kinds of abuse. It ran more college parties than I… Read More »